THE ILLUMINATED CALENDAR for m.dccc.xl.vi.
by Humphreys, Henry Noel
- Used
- fair
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fair
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Kinzers, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
Longman and Co., London: ., 1846 'The Illuminated Calendar and Home Diary for 1846. From the 'Hours' of the Duke of Anjou, King of Sicily and Jerusalem. Now in the Bibliotheque Royale, Paris. / Date concerning the Houses of Anjou, with some remarks on their patronage of Illuminators." Printed throughout on thin card. Introductory text by H.N. Humphreys is in rubricated English gothic letter. The calendar is rendered in brilliant color and gilt chromolithography on 24 card leaves. All edges gold gilt. 4to. 275 mm. Some soiling and staining. Loose in the remains of the original decorated cloth binding, with decorative onlays in red and blue leather. Spine and frnt cover loss. Binding should probably be restored. Pencil note on title: 'Kate Comstock from Kate & J. W. Waid? Cincinnati, XMas. 1856.' Remarkable specimens of miniature painting from the court of Louis I, Duke of Anjou (1339-1384); reproduced and interpreted by Henry Noel Humphreys (1810-1879), a British illustrator, naturalist, entomologist, numismatist, and student of medieval manuscripts. A scarce and remarkable production. **PRICE JUST REDUCED! W139 Language: eng. Hardcover. Fair.
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- THE FAMILY ALBUM (US)
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- Title
- THE ILLUMINATED CALENDAR for m.dccc.xl.vi.
- Author
- Humphreys, Henry Noel
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Longman and Co., London: .
- Date Published
- 1846
- Keywords
- PRESS CHROMOLITHOGRAPHY ILLUMINATION DIARY CALENDAR ILLUSTRATED
- Bookseller catalogs
- ILLUSTRATED; FINE PRESS;
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THE FAMILY ALBUM
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Kinzers, Pennsylvania
About THE FAMILY ALBUM
Ron Lieberman, has been an antiquarian bookseller, rare book appraiser, and library consultant for Fifty years. His firm, The Family Album, has issued a series of exceptional catalogs and bibliographic references in a variety of fields, including: Incunabula; Pennsylvania-Americana; German-Americana; Fine Book Bindings; Early Photographica; Printing History & Typography; Classics from the Great Scholar / Printers; Etc. He was the instructor for a series of valuable workshops and courses in the history, taste, and technique of book collecting. He frequently lectures before professional groups of librarians and archivists on: the book trade; collection and building security; disaster preparedness; appraisals; and preservation, conservation, and binding. He has also often appeared on radio and television popularizing the pleasant hobby of antique book collecting. His expert opinion on the book collecting market; values of archives and manuscripts; collection preservation & security; historic photographs; and the value of rare books has been sought by sources as diverse as: the Historical & Museum Commission of PA; the PA State Library; the Library of Congress; the Smithsonian Institution; the FBI; American Bible Society; Money Magazine; Kipplinger Magazine; Conservation Centers; Warmans Antique Price Guides; U.S.A. Today; as well as Universities, Colleges, and Historical Societies throughout the United States. As one of the organizers of the World Library Fund, Mr. Lieberman provides professional analyses of library collections, and helps plan library development for public and private institutions in the United States and abroad. He was a Member of the Board of Governors of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association of America (A.B.A.A.), and Chairman of the A.B.A.A. Security Committee. He was a long-time regular member of the Security Committee of the Rare Book and Manuscript Section (RBMS) of the American Library Association (ALA); and was the Past President of the Middle Atlantic Chapter, A.B.A.A. Mr. Lieberman was also, for many years, a consulting editor and contributor to the Haworth Press journal: "College & Undergraduate Libraries" American Library Association (ALA); + ACRL/RBMS [For 35 Continuous Years] // PA Library Association (PLA) // Bibliographical Society of America // Middle Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC) // Society for the History of Authorship, Readership, and Publishing (SHARP) // Philobiblon Club // Etc. Etc.
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- Miniature
- A book that is less then 3 inches in width and ...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...
- Fair
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- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...